アメリカ合衆国軍部はセビリア県のモロン·デ·ラ·フロンテーラ空軍基地でのアフリカ向け危機対応部隊の500人の海兵部隊の駐留もう一年の延長を要求
EE UU pide prorrogar y ampliar su fuerza para África en Morón
El Pentágono quiere aumentar en al menos el 50% la unidad de 500 marines
La extensión plantea dudas sobre si debe ser aprobada por el Congreso
Rota recibe al 'escudo antimisiles'
In English: US wants to expand its rapid-reaction force based in Spain
Miguel González Madrid 19 ENE 2014 - 21:30 CET
U.S. calls to extend and expand its strength to Africa in Morón
The Pentagon wants to increase by at least 50% unit 500 marines
The extension raises questions about whether it should be passed by Congress
Rota receives the 'missile shield'
In Inglés: U.S. wants to expand its rapid-reaction force based in Spain
Miguel González Madrid 19 ENE 2014 - 21:30 CET
United States has asked Spain to extend for another year and expand by at least 50 % Response Force Crisis in Africa consists of 500 Marines and stationed since April last year at the air base of Moron de la Frontera (Sevilla ) according to government sources. The petition was on the table of the Spanish delegation last week visited the White House headed by Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.
The extension and expansion of this force poses a problem: how much time can be considered a military presence that will last for a minimum of two years. It is this temporal character that allows the government to approve it without modifying the bilateral Agreement on Defense Cooperation , 1988 and, therefore , without seeking approval of Parliament.
U.S. President Barack Obama, in his own appearance with Mariano Rajoy in the Oval Office , on Monday , generically referred to the issue . " The security cooperation between the U.S. and Spain has never been stronger," he said. "I thanked the Prime Minister and his Government and opposition in Spain , for the support they have given to our work together, even harboring some of our operations and military facilities , allowing us to protect our embassies and address issues counterterrorism . We hope to keep improving and deepening what is already a very strong relationship. "
The one-year extension was requested in Rajoy 's visit to the White House
The Council of Ministers approved on April 19 an agreement authorizing the deployment " of a force of 500 Marines eight aircraft" (two refueling aircraft KC -130 , and six V -22 Osprey aircraft, that can operate as fixed-wing aircraft or helicopters ) " as part of response operations to crisis situations in Africa to protect people , facilities and personnel designated in this country ."
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The decision to deploy this force in Morón occurred following the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi (Libya ) , in September 2012 , given the need to provide the U.S. Command for Africa ( Africom ) based in Stuttgart (Germany ) , a rapid reaction force . Since arriving in Morón , the Marines have been deployed several times in the Italian base at Sigonella , ready to intervene in Libya, and last December were sent to Djibouti , in the Horn of Africa, after a U.S. military plane proves attacked when performing a rescue mission in South Sudan .
Given the instability that dominates much of the African continent , Mali to Somalia, Libya to Egypt , Washington wants a year to extend the presence of this force in Morón and increase its volume. While there are no formal request , the final figure could be between 750 and 900 soldiers.
The current authorization was given under Article 22 of the Convention , which allows U.S. temporarily excel in Spain up to 900 Marines. Diplomats admit , however, that this article was intended for specific situations , continue a few months, as was the conflict in Libya , in 2011, put forward by the Government as a precedent - not to extend its application for years.
In addition , this extraordinary release carries no real control of the missions that make the Marines from Morón. " What operations [ performed ] ? I can not say because they have not been for certain transactions have come to contingencies that may occur , "admitted Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs , Gonzalo de Benito , on 19 June in Congress. " So you will not have control of operations, because it is not for [... ] but there will be open communication there every day [ ... ] and he will know that the operations will be subject as it is logical to the request was made . "
The most uncomfortable for the Spanish Government is that the arrival of the 500 marines has not meant more jobs for Moron. Contrary . The company serves U.S. troops announced in September last year the dismissal of 66 workers.
Rota receives the ' missile shield '
The USS Donald Cook, the first of four destroyers Arleigh Burke class to serve on the naval component of the missile shield , hit the naval base of Rota ( Cádiz) on 11 February.
The USS Donald Cook, 154 meters long and 20.4 wide, and its 338 crew sails from which until now was based : Norfolk (Virginia ) . The second ship ( the USS Ross) arrive in June and the remaining two ( USS Porter , USS Carney ) in 2015 . In total there will be about 1,100 sailors, with their families, who will be installed in the Cadiz base.
The four vessels , equipped with the Aegis combat system and SM-3 missiles , naval command depend on the U.S. for the Mediterranean , based in Naples (Italy ) . Their main mission , though not the only , will patrol the eastern Mediterranean and intercept , using radars located in Turkey and Poland , a hypothetical attack by countries like Iran.
The Navy says that Rota is prepared to accommodate its new guests ( in recent years have been renovated three old docks and has built a room, for 160 million euros) and expected benefits of joint training and sharing facilities .
Maintaining destroyers has been awarded to the company Navantia 190 million, but part of it is made in the base itself. The F-100 frigates of the Spanish Navy are also equipped with the Aegis system, but the Navy considered " economically prohibitive " empowering them ballistic missile .
Deployment in Spain the naval component of the NATO missile shield was agreed in 2011 by the former president, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, and ratified by Mariano Rajoy.
Contrary to what happened in Morón, the arrival of four ships to Rota forced to approve an amendment to the agreement entered into force in May. With both reinforcements, Spain becomes the spearhead of the U.S. military presence in
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